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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author is Mimi reading when Ben arrives?

2. As which of the following does the novel gloss "putain"?

3. As which of the following does Jess label Benjamin?

4. What color are Camille's toenails painted when Ben arrives?

5. To which of the following is Jess compared?

Short Essay Questions

1. During their first meeting, Jess and Mendelson both order a particular drink. What is it and what is notable about it?

2. Why does Jess note smelling of vinegar when she arrives in Paris?

3. What opinion about Englishmen is voiced that Ben belies (37)?

4. What relationship do Jess and Ben have?

5. What reasons does Ben note for feeling that “Jess could hardly have chosen a worse time to decide to come and stay” with him (1)?

6. Nick notes that "Normally [during exercise], I'd sit here and do a class, or listen to a Ted Talk" (40)? Why does he not do so?

7. What warning does the concierge offer Jess as she makes for her first meeting with Mendelson (89)?

8. What does Mimi note is Camille's usual clubbing practice?

9. What security measures does Jess note on the gate to the building where Ben lives?

10. Why does Mimi note wanting to be more like Camille?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much is made of the Parisian setting of the bulk of the novel. How might the novel have been different if set in another major world city, such as New York City, London, Los Angeles, Shanghai, or Rome? Why would it have been different in those ways?

Essay Topic 2

Notably, two chapters of the Saturday section of the novel announce their day of occurrence, contrasting with only one in each of the other sections. What significance, if any, accrues to the paratextual detail? How does it present itself?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Amsterdam being the setting for the events that take place in it.

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